recommend me an audiobook?

[boxofdelights]

I just signed up for Audible. Is there anything from there that you would recommend? I read everything, but don't have a lot of experience listening to books. I do listen to podcasts. I care a lot about the enjoyability of the voice.

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[carbonel]

I just finished listening (again) to the Audible version of Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor, and recommend it highly. The reader does a great job with both the accents and the complicated names. And, of course, I love the story.

I also recommend the Rivers of London books by Ben Aaronovitch. I believe all six novels, plus a novelette, are available from Audible.

I do not recommend London Falling by Paul Cornell. I bought that one when I had an Audible subscription, and I had trouble sorting what the reader was saying, even with the volume turned up. I ended up getting the book from the library and reading the text version instead.

And both sets of Harry Potter readers (Jim Dale for US, Stephen Fry for UK) are great, but I think only the former versions are available at Audible.

[boxofdelights]

I loved the Goblin Emperor! I am definitely putting that on my list. It doesn't seem like it would be easy to read aloud.

My husband got a bit grumpy with that book before I pointed out the list of names in the back.